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OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — A man who police say shot and wounded his roommate on Friday in Oregon City before barricading himself in an apartment has been identified. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that officials on Saturday identified the suspect as 31-year-old Daniel Wiese. Around 3:30 p.m. Friday, the...

WEST POINT, Miss. (AP) — Jurors say a restaurant owner and security guard aren't liable in the 2014 beating of two men outside a northeast Mississippi restaurant. The Commercial Dispatch reports Clay County jurors found guard Annie Avant and Huddle House owner Litco Petroleum not responsible for injuries...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A man suspected in the deadly shooting of a woman in Everett was tracked down and captured after a gun battle with police. KOMO-TV reports the drama began at around 8 a.m. Friday when officers responded to a report of shots fired at a business in Central Everett. Everett Police Deputy...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Prosecutors in Tulsa say a 20-year-old man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for a shooting that killed two and injured two others. The Tulsa World reports Kaleb Young has also been charged with two counts of shooting with intent to kill. According to a probable...

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man has been charged with 10 counts of animal cruelty for training roosters for cockfighting. The Idaho Statesman reports that law enforcement arrested a 23-year-old Nampa man on Thursday on allegations that he was training and mutilating roosters for the purposes of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A flood of laws banning abortions in Republican-run states has handed Democrats a political weapon heading into next year's elections, helping them paint the GOP as extreme and court centrist voters who could decide congressional races in swing states, members of both parties say. The...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Serious problems persist at Wyoming's largest mental health facility four years after employees left an incapacitated woman on a couch without food, water or bathroom use for over 24 hours, according to two groups that provide legal and advocacy services to patients in need. They...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — A former bookkeeper for a tax collector's office in Mississippi has been arrested on an embezzlement charge. The state auditor's office says in a news release Friday that Paula Hunt was arrested in Warren County, where she had worked. A grand jury indicted her on embezzlement. She...

LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — A nightclub shooting in rural central Mississippi has left a 16-year-old dead and two other people injured. Holmes County Sheriff Willie March tells local news outlets the shooting happened late Thursday outside the Magic City nightclub near Lexington. March says 16-year-old James...

CARRIERE, Miss. (AP) — Officials continue to investigate the shooting of a south Mississippi man killed while fleeing from a sheriff's deputy. Pearl River County Sheriff David Allison says the chase began Thursday when deputies received a call that a man was suicidal and armed. Allison tells The Picayune...